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  • TOPSY-TURVY Commentary

    The following commentary features director Mike Leigh and was recorded in 1999.

  • BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB Commentary

    This audio commentary, featuring director Wim Wenders, was recorded in 1999.

  • EATING RAOUL Commentary

    This commentary, recorded by the Criterion Collection in 2012, features screenwriter Richard Blackburn, production designer Robert Schulenberg, and editor Alan Toomayan.

  • LA HAINE Commentary

    Recorded in 2006, this audio commentary features director Mathieu Kassovitz.

  • L’AVVENTURA Commentary

    Recorded in 1989, this audio commentary features film critic Gene Youngblood.

  • MAN PUSH CART Commentary

    The following commentary, recorded in 2005, features director Ramin Bahrani, director of photography Michael Simmonds, assistant director Nicholas Elliott, and actor Ahmad Razvi.

  • RASHOMON Commentary

    Recorded in 2001, this commentary features noted critic and historian Donald Richie, author of “The Films of Akira Kurosawa.”

  • SWEET SWEETBACK’S BAADASSSSS SONG Commentary

    This audio commentary featuring director Melvin Van Peebles was recorded in 1997 for the Criterion Collection’s laserdisc edition of SWEET SWEETBACK’S BAADASSSSS SONG.

  • AFTER LIFE Commentary

    Recorded in 2021, this audio commentary features Linda C. Ehrlich, PhD, author of “The Films of Kore-eda Hirokazu: An Elemental Cinema.”

  • LIFE IS SWEET Commentary

    This audio commentary features director Mike Leigh and was recorded in London in 2013.

  • THE EMPEROR JONES Commentary

    Cultural historian Jeffrey C. Stewart, professor of history at George Mason University and the editor of Paul Robeson: Artist and Citizen, recorded this commentary in 2006.

  • ROME OPEN CITY Commentary

    Recorded in 1995, this commentary features film scholar Peter Bondanella, author of “The Films of Roberto Rossellini.”

  • THE LAST METRO Commentary 1

    Recorded in 2008, this commentary features film scholar Annette Insdorf (“François Truffaut: Indelible Shadows: Film and the Holocaust”).

  • ORIGINAL CAST ALBUM: “COMPANY” Commentary 1

    Recorded in 2021, this commentary features composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim.

  • 45 YEARS Commentary

    Recorded in 2014, this commentary features director Andrew Haigh and producer Tristan Goligher.

  • AN ANGEL AT MY TABLE Commentary

    This commentary features director Jane Campion, director of photography Stuart Dryburgh, and actress Kerry Fox. Campion was recorded in Sydney, in 2003; Dryburgh, in New York City, in April 2005; Kerry Fox, in London, in June 2005.

  • THE 400 BLOWS Commentary 2

    Robert Lachenay, François Truffaut’s lifelong friend, offers a uniquely personal look at THE 400 BLOWS and the life of its creator. The French-language Lachenay commentary features optional italicized subtitles.

  • STREETWISE Commentary

    This commentary featuring director Martin Bell was recorded in early 2021.

  • STRANGER THAN PARADISE Commentary

    Recorded in 1996, this commentary features director Jim Jarmusch and actor Richard Edson.

  • THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP Commentary

    This audio commentary, recorded in 1988, features director Michael Powell and filmmaker Martin Scorsese, a lifelong fan and champion of the films of Powell and Pressburger.

  • THE NAKED CITY Commentary

    This commentary features THE NAKED CITY screenwriter Malvin Wald.

  • METROPOLITAN Commentary

    This audio commentary, recorded in 2005, features writer-director Whit Stillman, actors Christopher Eigeman and Taylor Nichols, and editor Christopher Tellefsen.

  • TIME BANDITS Commentary

    Recorded in 1997, this audio commentary features director Terry Gilliam, coscreenwriter and actor Michael Palin, and actors John Cleese, David Warner, and Craig Warnock.

  • DESERT HEARTS Commentary

    The following commentary features director Donna Deitch and was recorded in 2007.